Patents Issued in January 24, 2019
  • Publication number: 20190021906
    Abstract: A design for dynamically adjusting parameters applied to a surgical instrument, such as an ocular surgical instrument, is presented. The method includes detecting surgical events from image data collected by a surgical microscope focused on an ocular surgical procedure, establishing a desired response for each detected surgical event, delivering the desired response to the ocular surgical instrument as a set of software instructions, and altering the surgical procedure based on the desired response received as the set of software instructions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2018
    Publication date: January 24, 2019
    Inventor: Michael J. Claus
  • Publication number: 20190021907
    Abstract: Glaucoma can be treated by implanting an intraocular shunt into an eye. The eye has an anterior chamber and sclera. A shunt can be placed into the eye to establish fluid communication from the anterior chamber of the eye through the sclera, and a pharmaceutical or biological agent can be administered to the eye.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2018
    Publication date: January 24, 2019
    Inventors: Christopher HORVATH, Richard A. LEWIS
  • Publication number: 20190021908
    Abstract: A first image of the eye is generated when the cornea of the eye is exposed to a gas. The cornea is covered with an optic of a patient interface. A second image of the eye with the patient interface over the cornea is generated. In this second image, the patient interface distorts the second image of the eye. One or more of a position or an orientation of the eye is determined in response to the first image and the second image when the patient interface has been placed over the cornea.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2018
    Publication date: January 24, 2019
    Inventor: David D. Scott
  • Publication number: 20190021909
    Abstract: A device for applying a marking to the human eye, in particular to the cornea of the eye, comprises a marking head comprising a marking element and a holding device carrying the marking head or an intermediate adapter. The marking head or the intermediate adapter has a bearing area which is rotatably mounted in a bearing ring of the holding device which surrounds the bearing area in a predeterminable or variable angular position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2016
    Publication date: January 24, 2019
    Inventors: Hamadi El-Ayari, Julius Mueller-Albinus, Hartmut Fath
  • Publication number: 20190021910
    Abstract: An ear protection device for hearing protection and for fastening to a protective helmet includes a housing with a bearing device, via which it is pivotably mounted in a forklike supporting bracket. A communications device is arranged in the housing and the bearing device has at least two electrically conductive contact elements. A communications system is joined to a protective helmet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2016
    Publication date: January 24, 2019
    Applicant: Pfanner Schutzbekleidung GmbH
    Inventor: Anton PFANNER
  • Publication number: 20190021911
    Abstract: Disclosed embodiments relate to apparatuses and methods for wound treatment. In some embodiments, a negative pressure source is incorporated into a wound dressing apparatus so that the wound dressing and the negative pressure source are part of an integral or integrated wound dressing structure that applies the wound dressing and the negative pressure source simultaneously to a patient's wound. The negative pressure source and/or electronic components may be positioned between a wound contact layer and a cover layer of the wound dressing. The negative pressure source and/or electronic components may be separated and/or partitioned from an absorbent area of the dressing. A switch may be integrated with the wound dressing to control operation of the wound dressing apparatus. A connector may be direct air from an outlet of the negative pressure source to the environment. A non-return valve may inhibit back flow of air into the wound dressing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2017
    Publication date: January 24, 2019
    Inventors: Ben Alan Askem, Victoria Beadle, John Philip Gowans, Mark Hesketh, Allan Kenneth Frazer Grugeon Hunt, William Kelbie, Damyn Musgrave, Joseph William Robinson
  • Publication number: 20190021912
    Abstract: A wound dressing comprising an absorbent layer, the absorbent layer being gathered in a longitudinal direction by one or more resilient yarns.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2018
    Publication date: January 24, 2019
    Inventors: Stephen Michael COTTON, Bryony Jayne LEE
  • Publication number: 20190021913
    Abstract: Absorbent composites are provided that include a nonwoven top layer having hydrophilic fibers and an absorbent core layer directly or indirectly attached to the nonwoven top layer, wherein the absorbent core layer comprises a through-air-bonded nonwoven. The absorbent composites may include a combination of (i) a composite-run-off value of less than 50% as determined by ISO 9073-11, (ii) a composite-absorption capacity of at least 600% as determined by ISO 9073, and (iii) a composite-rate of absorption of less than 10 seconds for a 5 ml liquid sample as determined by D824-94. The absorbent composites may include an optional film layer attached to the absorbent core layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2018
    Publication date: January 24, 2019
    Inventors: Lei Wang, Nyle Bishop, Gregory Wagner Farell, Pierre Grondin
  • Publication number: 20190021914
    Abstract: An injection-molded article includes a water-dispersible injection-moldable composition including 82 wt. % to 86 wt. % partially-hydrolyzed polyvinyl alcohol (PVOH), 11 wt. % to 13 wt. % plasticizer, and 3 wt. % to 5 wt. % total colorant and slip additives, wherein the injection-molded article has an outer surface, and wherein the composition at the outer surface is surface cross-linked. A method for controlling the dispersibility of an injection-molded article having an outer surface includes formulating a water-dispersible injection-moldable composition including 82 wt. % to 86 wt. % partially-hydrolyzed polyvinyl alcohol (PVOH), 11 wt. % to 13 wt. % plasticizer, and 3 wt. % to 5 wt. % total colorant and slip additives; injection molding the single resin composition into the injection-molded article; and treating the outer surface to increase the cross-linking of the composition at the outer surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2017
    Publication date: January 24, 2019
    Inventors: Alphonse DeMarco, Gregory J. Wideman, Mark M. Mleziva
  • Publication number: 20190021915
    Abstract: A diaper band for ensuring that a toddler cannot remove a diaper secured thereby. The diaper band has central inner-facing hook fabric that can be attached to the fabric on the front of a typical diaper (disposable or reusable). The diaper band also has ends bearing hook and loop material that are securable to the back of the diaper behind the back of the toddler, to ensure that the toddler cannot detach the diaper band. The diaper band securely covers the attachment tabs of the diaper, so that the toddler cannot undo the diaper tabs. The central inward-facing hook fabric can be one or more material patches that are big enough to grab onto the front fabric of the diaper, the same front fabric for attaching the diaper tabs. Alternatively, the central inward-facing hook material region can extend along the entire length of the diaper band.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2017
    Publication date: January 24, 2019
    Inventors: Justin L. Honcoop, Jessie N. Honcoop
  • Publication number: 20190021916
    Abstract: A first sheet layer made of a nonwoven fabric; a second sheet layer made of a nonwoven fabric opposed to one side of the first sheet layer; and a plurality of elongated elastically stretchable members provided along the stretchable direction at intervals from each other between the first sheet layer and the second sheet layer are provided. At least a part of each end of the elastically stretchable member is fixed to at least one of the first sheet layer and the second sheet layer only via a first hot melt adhesive. The first sheet layer and the second sheet layer are bonded via a second hot melt adhesive in a range in the stretchable direction corresponding to a space between the both ends of the elastically stretchable member. The holding power of the first hot melt adhesive is higher than the second hot meld adhesive.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2017
    Publication date: January 24, 2019
    Applicant: Daio Paper Corporation
    Inventor: Yasuko Ishikawa
  • Publication number: 20190021917
    Abstract: An absorbent article having a liquid permeable topsheet, a liquid impermeable sheet, an absorbent core disposed between the topsheet and the backsheet, and a secondary topsheet disposed between the topsheet and the absorbent core is described. The secondary topsheet has a first layer and a second layer. The first layer is located between the topsheet and the second layer, and a mean pore size of the first layer is larger than a mean pore size of the topsheet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2018
    Publication date: January 24, 2019
    Inventors: Fancheng WANG, Tong JIA, Xiaoxin LIU, Zifang AN
  • Publication number: 20190021918
    Abstract: Introduced here are apparatuses and systems for mitigating contact pressures applied to a human body by the surface of an object, such as a chair, bed, or table. A pressure-mitigation apparatus can include a series of chambers whose pressure can be individually varied. When placed between a patient and a contact surface, the pressure-mitigation apparatus can vary the contact pressure on a specific anatomical region of the patient by controllably inflating and/or deflating one or more cell. Moreover, a pressure-mitigation system can be readily integrated into a conventional treatment regimen for a variety of different conditions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2018
    Publication date: January 24, 2019
    Inventor: Rafael Paolo Squitieri
  • Publication number: 20190021919
    Abstract: A package comprising an interior space and an exterior surface may have a plurality of disposable absorbent articles disposed within the interior space of the package. Each of the disposable absorbent articles may have a topsheet; a backsheet; an absorbent core located between the topsheet and the backsheet. The absorbent products may exhibit an In-Bag Stack Height of less about 80 mm as measured according to an In-Bag Stack Height Test.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2018
    Publication date: January 24, 2019
    Inventors: Paul Thomas WEISMAN, Dean Larry DuVAL, Holger BERUDA, Peter DZIEZOK, Axel KRAUSE, Mattias SCHMIDT, Lutz STELZIG
  • Publication number: 20190021920
    Abstract: A personal mobility device includes a frame, a plurality of wheels attached to the frame and one or more pneumatic motors. Each of the one or more pneumatic motors has a drive shaft in operative connection with at least one of the plurality of wheels. The personal mobility device further includes at least one tank (that is, a storage container) for storage of a pressurized gas in operative connection with the one or more pneumatic motors to supply pressurized gas to the one or more pneumatic motors and a control system in operative connection with the at least one tank and with the one or more pneumatic motors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 4, 2017
    Publication date: January 24, 2019
    Applicants: University of Pittsburgh Of the Commonwealth System of Higher Education, The United States Government as represented by the Department of Veterans Affairs, Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft Zur Foerderung der Angewandten Forschung E.V.
    Inventors: Rory Alan COOPER, Hongwu WANG, Brandon Joseph DAVELER, Benjamin Todd GEBROSKY, Garrett G. GRINDLE, Jonathan L. PEARLMAN, Urs SCHNEIDER, David MINZENMAY
  • Publication number: 20190021921
    Abstract: A wheelchair system includes a chip assembly configured to be coupled with a wheelchair, the chip assembly including a wireless communication chip. The wireless communication chip is programmed to, in response to the chip assembly coming within a predetermined range of a dedicated short range communication (DSRC) device of an automobile, automatically communicate, through a telecommunications network, a notification signal to the DSRC device that the wheelchair is within the predetermined range. The chip assembly includes one or more chips configured to, in response to receiving an acknowledgment signal through the telecommunications network from the DSRC device, provide an acknowledgment notification to a user of the wheelchair that the notification signal was received.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2018
    Publication date: January 24, 2019
    Inventors: Blanche Michelle Nelson-Herron, Gary B. Justice
  • Publication number: 20190021922
    Abstract: Systems, methods and techniques for operating a patient support apparatus are disclosed. The patient support apparatus includes a support structure including a base and a patient support surface to support a patient. The patient support apparatus also includes an actuator coupled to the support structure and operable to move the patient support surface. The actuator is configured to receive an applied voltage and an applied electrical current, and to produce an output power, where the applied electrical current varies based on different loads applied to the actuator. A controller is coupled to the actuator to determine a desired output power of the actuator and to control the actuator such that the output power produced by the actuator is controlled relative to the desired output power by modifying the applied voltage to compensate for the different loads being applied to the actuator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2018
    Publication date: January 24, 2019
    Applicant: Stryker Corporation
    Inventors: Anish Paul, Krishna S. Bhimavarapu
  • Publication number: 20190021923
    Abstract: A bed device includes: an operation section that receives an operation input; a controller that controls a movement of the bed in accordance with the operation input; a detector that detects a position of a patient on the bed; and, a limitation table that stores a limitation area set on the bed in association with a limitation content, wherein when the position of the patient detected by the detector is included in the limitation area, the limitation content is read out from the limitation table so as to control the controller in accordance with the limitation content. With this configuration, it is possible to provide a higher safety bed device which can not only notify the danger based on the bed movement but also limit the movement of the bed in accordance with the status of the patient or the bed device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2018
    Publication date: January 24, 2019
    Inventor: Shinya MURAI
  • Publication number: 20190021924
    Abstract: A patient support apparatus comprises a base and a support structure coupled to the base and being configured to support a patient. The apparatus also comprises a panel having a surface and being physically adapted to vibrate at one or more frequencies, a controller configured to generate an electrical signal, and a vibrational exciter. The vibrational exciter comprises a surface coupled to the surface of the panel and being configured to receive the electrical signal from the controller and to convert the electrical signal into vibrational energy. The surface of the vibrational exciter is configured to transfer the vibrational energy to the surface of the panel to vibrate the panel at the one or more frequencies.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 19, 2018
    Publication date: January 24, 2019
    Inventors: Jerald A. Trepanier, Scott A. Kuebler, Krishna S. Bhimavarapu, Marko N. Kostic, Jonathan M. Greenbank
  • Publication number: 20190021925
    Abstract: A patient support apparatus includes a frame and a mattress positioned on the frame. A respiratory therapy device is coupled to the frame. The respiratory therapy device includes a blower having an inlet and an outlet, a patient interface, and a valve including a valve member that is rotatable through a first angular displacement in a first direction from a first position to a second position. The outlet of the blower is coupled to the patient interface so that positive pressure is provided to a patient's airway via the patient interface when the valve member is in the first position. The inlet of the blower is coupled to the patient interface so that negative pressure is provided to the patient's airway via the patient interface when the valve member is in the second position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2018
    Publication date: January 24, 2019
    Inventors: Cong Jiang, Wei T. Tan, Siew Ying Koh, Eugene Hong Kheng Kung, Nookarajesh Varma Sangadi, Yue Yun Wang, Aye Aung, Tak Wei David Teo, Chau Chong Ye, Amodh Gundlur Ramesh, David J. Brzenchek, Jack Barney Sing, Steven V. McCaig, Chee Keong Ng
  • Publication number: 20190021926
    Abstract: A patient support structure includes a cushion layer. A microclimate structure is integrated atop the cushion layer. The microclimate structure includes an upper layer having a vapor and liquid permeable therapeutic region, an air permeable middle layer, and a liquid impermeable lower layer. A first plurality of perforations extends through the upper layer of the microclimate structure in a seat section of the microclimate structure. A second plurality of perforations extends through the upper layer of the microclimate structure in a head section of the microclimate structure. When the microclimate structure is in a first position, air is supplied through the first plurality of perforations and the second plurality of perforations. When the microclimate structure is in a second position, air is supplied through the first plurality of perforations and air flow through the second plurality of perforations is limited.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 5, 2018
    Publication date: January 24, 2019
    Inventors: Charles A. LACHENBRUCH, Joshua A. WILLIAMS
  • Publication number: 20190021927
    Abstract: A slouch correction device and method for use on a seating surface of a chair or bed. The device comprises a flexible fabric sheet and a drawing mechanism associated with the fabric sheet. When actuated the drawing mechanism draws the fabric toward the back support, drawing the user's buttocks toward the back support.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2017
    Publication date: January 24, 2019
    Inventors: Matthew MACKENZIE, Gabriel J. W. ALIPHAT
  • Publication number: 20190021928
    Abstract: A bedpan housing is provided. The bedpan housing has a base, sidewalls and a top surface that a user may rest their body on. The bedpan housing defines an open front through which a bedpan may pass. In use, the bedpan housing may allow the bedpan to be properly positioned for use and removed after use without excess interference by a patient using the bedpan.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 8, 2018
    Publication date: January 24, 2019
    Applicant: Emleorate Corp.
    Inventors: Jordan Muen Lee, Michael Andrew Morgan
  • Publication number: 20190021929
    Abstract: A method of rehabilitation using an actuator type that includes a movement mechanism capable of applying a force that interacts with a motion of a patient's limb in a volume of at least 30 cm in diameter, in at least three degrees of freedom of motion of the actuator and capable of preventing substantial motion in any point in any direction in said volume, in which a same movement mechanism is used at two different places of rehabilitation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 6, 2018
    Publication date: January 24, 2019
    Applicant: Motorika Limited
    Inventors: Omer EINAV, Haim EINAV, Benny ROUSSO, Doron SHABANOV, Eran KATZIR, Gad BINYAMINI
  • Publication number: 20190021930
    Abstract: An apparatus for the treatment of arthrofibrosis, comprises: a base (12) having first and second opposing ends; first connection means adjacent said first end for enabling connection of said base (12) to a chair thereby to restrict movement of the base (12) relative to said chair; abutment means (20) on said base (12) movable between said first and second ends for abutting the toes of a foot of a user of the apparatus placed between said abutment means (20) and said connection means; adjustment means for enabling adjustment of said abutment means (20) between said first and second ends of said base (12); and clamping means (22) for clamping said abutment means (20) in position on said base (12).
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 2, 2017
    Publication date: January 24, 2019
    Inventors: Sara Kate ASPINAL, Gerald CARTMEL
  • Publication number: 20190021931
    Abstract: A system for ankle rehabilitation includes a motorised platform arranged to hold an ankle on a subject to be rehabilitated; a first sensor module arranged to detect signals representing movement intention of the ankle on the motorized platform; a second sensor module arranged to detect signals representing actual movement of the ankle on the motorized platform; and a processor arranged to process the signals detected by the first sensor module and the signals detected by the second sensor module, for control of movement of the motorised platform.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 19, 2017
    Publication date: January 24, 2019
    Inventors: Yajing Shen, Haojian Lu
  • Publication number: 20190021932
    Abstract: A motion assistance apparatus including a proximal support configured to support a proximal part of a user, a distal support configured to support a distal part of the user, a hollow actuator on the proximal support, a reducer inserted in the hollow actuator such that an input end of the reducer is connected to an output end of the hollow actuator, and a driving frame configured to connect an output end of the reducer to the distal support is disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2017
    Publication date: January 24, 2019
    Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Se-Gon ROH, Jeonghun Kim, Minhyung Lee, Youn Baek Lee, Jongwon Lee, Byungjune Choi, Hyun Do Choi
  • Publication number: 20190021933
    Abstract: An assistance apparatus includes first to eighth wires that couple an upper body belt to be worn on an upper body of a user to a first knee belt and a second knee belt to be worn above a left knee and a right knee of the user, respectively, and a motor. In a case of assisting the user in moving to turn left, the motor generates a tension larger than or equal to a first threshold in each of the second wire, the third wire, and the fourth wire at an identical timing in a swing phase of a left leg of the user, and generates a tension larger than or equal to the first threshold in each of the fifth wire, the sixth wire, and the eighth wire at an identical timing in a swing phase of a right leg of the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 3, 2018
    Publication date: January 24, 2019
    Inventors: KENTA MURAKAMI, STEPHEN JOHN, MAYUMI KOMATSU, SHINOBU ADACHI
  • Publication number: 20190021934
    Abstract: A system for augmenting the motion of a person includes an assistance apparatus with a first attachment for connecting the assistance apparatus to a first point on the person's body, a second attachment for connecting the apparatus to a second point on the person's body, an actuator for applying force between the first and second attachment points, the force augmenting motion of a part of the body, and a set of sensors detecting reaction force on the person's body when moving in the manner that the actuator augments. A control system implements a negative feedback loop, in which the force applied by the actuator is based on a weighted sum of measurements from the sensors, and is updated continuously based on the sensor measurements.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 19, 2018
    Publication date: January 24, 2019
    Applicant: Bose Corporation
    Inventors: Michael J. Daley, Zhen Sun
  • Publication number: 20190021935
    Abstract: A walker for maintaining balance and stability has extendable and retractable struts positioned within tubular legs for leveling the walker when climbing stairs, a curb or an incline. The struts on each side of the walker are connected to one another via cables which coordinate the motion of the struts so that when the front struts retract within their respective tubular legs the rear struts extend proportionally and vice versa. The cables may be arranged using pulleys mounted within the tubular legs or Bowden cables may be used within each of the tubular legs. User actuated clutches engage the cables to arrest the motion of the struts and temporarily fix them in a desired configuration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 23, 2018
    Publication date: January 24, 2019
    Inventors: Ronald J Triolo, Kevin M Foglyano
  • Publication number: 20190021936
    Abstract: A walking assistance apparatus includes a suit to be worn on a knee and waist of a user, a first wire that couples a portion included in the suit and worn above the knee to a portion included in the suit and worn on the waist, a second wire that couples a portion included in the suit and worn above a back of the knee to a portion included in the suit and worn on the waist, and motors coupled to the first and second wires to generate tensions so that the first and second wires each has a stiffness greater than 200 N/m during a first period including a period of 95% or more and 100% or less of a first gait cycle of the user and a period of 0% or more and 50% or less of a second gait cycle subsequent to the first gait cycle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2018
    Publication date: January 24, 2019
    Inventors: MAYUMI KOMATSU, STEPHEN WILLIAM JOHN, KENTA MURAKAMI, JUN OZAWA
  • Publication number: 20190021937
    Abstract: Examples of a motion system are disclosed. The motion system comprises a plurality of Stewart platform based actuators connected one to each another forming a desired modular configuration. Each of the plurality of actuators is controlled by a central controller that is configured to independently control the plurality actuators and adjust in real time their position, orientation and motion trajectory. The plurality of actuators are arranged in the desired configuration, shape and size to provide motion system that can mimic a natural motion/gait of human or animal body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2018
    Publication date: January 24, 2019
    Inventors: Stephen Glen Swift, Michael Peter McCrodan, Siamak Arzanpour, Sohell Sadeqi
  • Publication number: 20190021938
    Abstract: Disclosed are a walking assistance robot and a method of controlling the walking assistance robot. The control method includes collecting motion information by sensing or measuring a motion of at least one joint, determining a motion state of the at least one joint based on the sensed or measured motion of the at least one joint, and controlling the walking assistance robot based on the determined motion state of the at least one joint.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2018
    Publication date: January 24, 2019
    Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Bok Man LIM, Kee Hong SEO
  • Publication number: 20190021939
    Abstract: Partial or whole-body therapeutic articles of clothing are provided. Each therapeutic article of clothing provides a plurality of massage protrusions disposed along an inner surface thereof for massaging, relaxing, stress relieving, and skin stimulating certain locations of the wearer's body. The inner surface may be of an elastic nature to urge the plurality of massage protrusions into the skin when each article of clothing is being worn. The massage protrusions may come in many forms and dimensions, and may be spaced apart in random or predetermined patterns to operatively associate with the portions of the wearer most in need of a pressure massage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2018
    Publication date: January 24, 2019
    Inventor: Dana Angelica Forbes
  • Publication number: 20190021940
    Abstract: A lip-enhancement device can include a vacuum pump, a controller configured to control the vacuum pump, a pump housing structured to enclose the vacuum pump and the controller, and a mouthpiece reversibly and rigidly mountable to the pump housing. The mouthpiece can include a pump-housing-engaging side structured to reversibly mount to the pump housing on a mouthpiece-receiving side of the pump housing, and a lips-engaging side having a generally oval rim with a thermoplastic elastomer outer layer. The generally oval rim can bound a bowl, and the bowl can include a suction port providing fluidic communication between an interior of the bowl and an exterior of the bowl on the pump-housing-engaging side. The mouthpiece-receiving side of pump housing can include a suction connector structured to fluidically couple the suction port of the mouthpiece with the vacuum pump when the mouthpiece is mounted to the pump housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2018
    Publication date: January 24, 2019
    Inventors: Brett Nelson, Gina M. Fredrickson, Logan Ernster, Tim Bachman
  • Publication number: 20190021941
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a massage device having misaligned Y-shaped massage roller shafts and, more specifically, to a massage device having misaligned Y-shaped massage roller shafts, the device having massage roller shafts formed in a wide Y-shape at both sides of the upper end portion of a grip body and having massage rollers respectively and rotatably coupled to the massage roller shafts such that the massage roller shafts are formed to be misaligned in a narrow Y-shape when viewed from the side, and thus when massaging a wide body portion, the front side, which has the wide Y-shaped massage roller shafts, makes contact with and massages the body portion, and when massaging a narrow body portion, the lateral side, which has the narrow Y-shaped massage roller shafts, makes contact with and massages the body portion, thereby enabling various body portions having different thicknesses to be massaged.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 18, 2016
    Publication date: January 24, 2019
    Inventor: Hae Won JEONG
  • Publication number: 20190021942
    Abstract: A chest compression device for cardiopulmonary resuscitation comprises a support structure 2 for placement about a patient's chest and for holding a chest compressor 6 above a patient's sternum; a chest compressor 6 mounted on the support structure 2; and lateral chest supports 14 attached to the support structure 2 at points laterally either side of the chest when the device is in use, such that the lateral chest supports 14 will apply lateral pressure to the sides of the chest synchronized with a chest compression by the chest compressor 6.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2018
    Publication date: January 24, 2019
    Inventors: Lars Wik, Morten Eriksen, Jo Kramer Johansen, Petter Andreas Steen, Kjetil Sunde
  • Publication number: 20190021943
    Abstract: Techniques and devices for extending a piston, for example connected to a medical device such as a mechanical CPR device, to accommodate different sized patients, are described herein. In some cases, a piston of a mechanical CPR device may include an inner piston at least partially slidable into an external piston sleeve. In one aspect, an external piston spacer may be attached to an outward surface of the inner piston to extend the length of the piston. In another aspect an internal bayonet sleeve may contact one or more locking rods at various positions, enabling adjustment of the length of the inner piston. In yet another aspect, a piston adapter may be removably attached to the end of the piston. In all aspects, the change in length of the piston may be detected and used to modify movement of the piston, for example to more safely perform mechanical CPR.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2018
    Publication date: January 24, 2019
    Inventors: Anders Nilsson, Marcus Ehrstedt, Anders Jeppsson
  • Publication number: 20190021944
    Abstract: A spa control system where the spa's heater is disconnected from the power source anytime the water in the heater is at a higher temperature than that set by the user by a prescribed amount, or more an absolute value that is higher than normal operating temperatures. Since the control system has a regular temperature management system this will only occur because of a problem in the spa or the control system itself. Independent paths between a pair of temperature sensors in the heater and the relays that connect line voltage to the heater are provided to meet the safety requirements of UL. Two sensors in the heater are co-located in a metal tube, placed near the heater.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 19, 2017
    Publication date: January 24, 2019
    Inventor: Jerrell Penn Hollaway
  • Publication number: 20190021945
    Abstract: A disposal container for used dialysate including a flexible bag in or at which an inlet connection is formed or arranged which is prepared for connecting the bag to a dialysis machine of the mobile type such that the disposal container is movable or displaceable along with the dialysis machine, wherein the disposal container includes an outlet connection or connector provided separately from the inlet connection, the connector being prepared for connecting the bag to a sewer line in a way sealed against the connector environment; and an extracorporeal blood purification system comprising a stationary system area and a non-stationary system area, the system including a bag according to the invention.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 19, 2018
    Publication date: January 24, 2019
    Inventor: ALEXANDER ROHDE
  • Publication number: 20190021946
    Abstract: A rubber stopper includes: a main body; and a cylindrical container insertion portion extending downward from a lower surface of the main body and configured to fit into a neck portion of a drug container. The main body includes a peripheral edge portion that is disposed on a radially outer side of the container insertion portion and that is configured to abut on an upper surface of an opening portion of the drug container when attached to the drug container. The container insertion portion includes: an outer surface portion that is configured to annularly contact an inner surface of the neck portion, an upper inner surface portion that forms a columnar gap portion, and at least one inclined surface extending obliquely downward toward the outer surface portion of the container insertion portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2018
    Publication date: January 24, 2019
    Applicant: TERUMO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Ruriko IIBUCHI, Masao KAWAMURA, Manabu ARINOBE
  • Publication number: 20190021947
    Abstract: A sterile solution product bag includes sterilization grade filter integrated directly into the product bag such that microbial and particulate matter filtration can be performed using the filter directly at the point of fill. The filter can include a hollow fiber filter membrane contained in a stem connected to a bladder of the product bag.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 20, 2017
    Publication date: January 24, 2019
    Inventors: Grant Anthony Bomgaars, Bernd Krause, Mark Edward Pasmore, Michael Joseph Sadowski, Yuanpang Samuel Ding, Ying-Cheng Lo, Joseph Vincent
  • Publication number: 20190021948
    Abstract: Provided is a medical bag hanger that hangs a plurality of bags of a blood sampling line set. The medical bag hanger includes a hanger main body that is hangable on a blood component separation device. The hanger main body includes a hook unit on which the plurality of bags is hooked, and a base plate on the surface of which the plurality of bags of the blood sampling line set are arranged side by side.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2017
    Publication date: January 24, 2019
    Applicant: TERUMO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hirotaka OHASHI, Tomonori IJIRI, Manami IWABUCHI
  • Publication number: 20190021949
    Abstract: A primary packaging for storage and/or administration of medical or pharmaceutical compounds includes a container that has a predetermined filling volume for receiving a medical or pharmaceutical compound. The container is permanently closed at a first end and has an integrally formed, circumferential flange portion at an open second end. The container has a cylindrical barrel that extends between the first end and the flange portion such that the barrel has an inner diameter and outer diameter corresponding to that of a standardized syringe for a nominal volume of the standardized syringe corresponding to the predetermined filling volume. Furthermore, a cross-sectional shape of the flange portion corresponds to the cross-sectional shape of a flange of a standardized vial. The primary packaging also includes a closure element that is adapted to fit tightly on the flange portion and into the barrel for sealing the open second end of the container.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2018
    Publication date: January 24, 2019
    Inventor: Peter Skufca
  • Publication number: 20190021950
    Abstract: A container usable for lyophilization, storage, and reconstitution of medication having only two parts, one of which is a plug component having a flow path terminating in a side outlet port and a second of which is a barrel component. The barrel component has a spiral mixing channel near its distal end in which powder medication is stored and upon reconstitution, yields a gradient concentration. The inner wall of the barrel includes a longitudinal diluent groove. To connect the plug outlet port with the longitudinal diluent groove, the plug or barrel has a 360° distribution groove encircling the plug and connecting to the plug outlet port. Regardless of what rotational orientation the plug has to the barrel, the diluent will always reach the mixing channel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2018
    Publication date: January 24, 2019
    Inventor: Byeong Seon Chang
  • Publication number: 20190021951
    Abstract: An aseptic connector assembly includes a body portion having a receptacle configured to receive a corresponding fill connector. A pivot portion is movably coupled to the body portion, the pivot portion having a channel formed therein. A conduit portion is slidably disposed within the channel formed in the pivot portion. The pivot portion has a ready position and an operative position, the pivot portion being adjustable from the ready position to the operative position via relative movement with respect to the body portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2018
    Publication date: January 24, 2019
    Inventor: Rudolf Pavlik
  • Publication number: 20190021952
    Abstract: The present invention provides drug products comprising sealed containers containing a stable liquid recombinant protein, such as an antigen-binding protein, composition and a headspace gas comprising less than 5% oxygen, and methods of producing same. As such, the present invention provides a method for controlling the oxygen levels in the headspace of a drug product in a sealed container comprising a stable liquid recombinant protein composition and a headspace gas comprising less than 21% oxygen.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 23, 2018
    Publication date: January 24, 2019
    Inventors: Xiaolin TANG, David Brett LUDWIG
  • Publication number: 20190021953
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a bag containing preprepared injectable drug(s) and/or diluents for injectable drugs to be administered by intravenous (IV) application to a patient, said bag having an integrated flushing option.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 20, 2017
    Publication date: January 24, 2019
    Inventors: Frédéric RAVUSSIN, Michel PITTET
  • Publication number: 20190021954
    Abstract: A filling aid. The filling aid includes a locking portion including a groove feature; and a locking feature having a locked and an unlocked position; and a filling syringe holder slidably attached to the locking portion, the filling syringe holder including a filling needle cradle portion having a tongue feature; and a needle housing portion comprising at least one tab having a starting position and a filling position, wherein the groove feature configured to accommodate the tongue feature, and wherein the locking feature interact with the filling syringe holder wherein when the locking feature moves from the locked position to the unlocked position the needle housing portion moves from the starting position to the filling position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2018
    Publication date: January 24, 2019
    Inventors: Richard J. Lanigan, JR., Kevin L. Grant, Lisa A. Gustin, Timothy D. Moreau
  • Publication number: 20190021955
    Abstract: A tablet cassette includes: support points to support a swing member in a slit formed in a bottomed hole of a hollow rotary shaft; an engaged portion provided on a bottom wall portion of a container and spaced from the hollow rotary shaft to surround the rotary shaft; a swing member having a follower portion and an engaging portion located on different sides of the support points; and an urging member operable to move the engaging portion toward the engaged portion and move the follower portion into the bottomed hole. In a free state wherein the tablet cassette is detached from the base, the engaging portion engages with the engaged portion. When the tablet cassette is mounted to the base and the drive shaft is fitted into the bottomed hole, the follower portion is pushed out of the bottomed hole, and the engaging portion is disengaged from the engaged portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 20, 2017
    Publication date: January 24, 2019
    Inventor: Yoshihito Omura